Saturday, October 10, 2009

Snow Brings Rude Awakening

Waking this morning with snow on the ground and a temperature of 26F was a real shock to the system. A couple of weeks ago it was in the 70's. Last year, we made it into late November without snow. But that's Minnesota. No promises. Abrupt.

Frankie doesn't mind the chill. He's a trooper.

That's how it goes. I needed a little reminder. I guess I'd better start getting ready for winter. Luckily, I had started pulling some of wooly wear out of the closet this week. That made today's cycling much more bearable. I do need to find the heavier gloves, because my thin, liner gloves were the bare minimum today. I started a list of things to get before winter really starts. Get last years winter bike tuned up. Gets some studded tires for Frankie. Get all of last years winter clothing out and decide what I'll want to replace. Plus, I think some more wool is a must. Stuff's expensive, but it's so effective that it's worth it. Cotton bad! I had cotton socks on today and my feet were frozen, when I got home. Last year, I got by wearing tennis shoes all Winter with Smart wool socks.

I'm glad that over the last week, I have been making the mental transition, too. From Sun loving, little clothes wearing, Summer, to dark chills, lots of clothes on, Winter. I've done it many times before, but until it happens, you're still holding on to the idea of Summer. What is also a little disheartening about this Arctic blast is, it got so cold, so fast, that the leaves are falling off the trees, green. It is a little strange that so many of the leaves are still green, but we did have one of the warmest Septembers ever. But one of the joys of Fall is seeing the orange, red and yellow leaves on the trees. It's brief. Better not be to busy, or you'll miss it. But it's considered one of the trade off's for the coming freeze. Well see if Winter keeps that arrangement.

Get back up on the trees, where you belong.

One of the reality's of this change, is I'll have to start moving over to my other blog iciclebicycle. Got to clean it up. Better hustle. Been thinking about some good Winter preparation blogs, but now Winter beat me to it.

7 comments:

anna said...

Wow, an early winter start. But I'm already looking forward to it :). In Vienna it's usually pretty foggy in November, and that's when one can appreciate a good cup of tea even more :).

Anonymous said...

Wow, that’s cold. We are expecting the first frost next week in Northern Germany.

Dottie said...

Congratulations, you're ahead of Chicago! Frankie will be great with the winter.

Adrienne Johnson said...

I think it will be cold everywhere this year. It is suddenly very chilly here in San Francisco and today was the first time I have felt like just staying in bed and reading because of the weather in a long time!

spiderleggreen said...

Adr~ And I thought September, October was your Summer.

Velouria said...

On a positive note - looking forward to the return of iciclebicycle! That's such a nice idea for a blog.

spiderleggreen said...

Thanks, gotta get my ikebike ideas out of my head and into the blog.